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Posted on May 9, 2012 by Gamester81

 

About: Dr. Barton is an associate professor of English at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He is host of Matt Chat, a weekly YouTube program dedicated to classic videogames for all systems. Matt Chat has been featured on several prominent Websites, includingGeek.com, Game Banshee, Blue’s News, Tech Report, and RPG Codex. The show features historical retrospectives on important games as well as personal interviews with their developers and designers, including John Romero, Timothy Cain, Chris Avellone, and many others. He is the author of Dungeons & Desktops: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games (nominated forGame Developer Magazine‘s 2008 Front Line Award), author of Vintage Games: An Insider Look at the History of Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario, and the Most Influential Games of All Time, and editor of Wiki Writing: Collaborative Learning in the College Classroom. He is a founder of Armchair Arcade, a PC Magazine Top 100 Website mentioned on Slashdot, Boing Boing, Slate, and many other prominent tech and game-related publications and Websites. His other games-related writings have been published on Gamasutra andGame Studies. He is currently writing and producing a feature film documentary called Gameplay: The Story of the Videogame Revolution, for Lux Digital Pictures. Matt is presently responsible for Armchair Arcade‘s technical and editorial direction, as well as general content generation. Be sure to check out Matt and his work at the following links: [LinkedIn] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Amazon Author Page] [YouTube]

About Gamester81

John "Gamester81" Lester started playing video games at a very young age. His first ever console that he played was a Colecovision, quickly followed by an Atari 2600, and his passion for video games hasn't stopped. In 2008 John decided to start a video game review show on YouTube called Gamester81 by reviewing rare and retro video game systems and games. His show quickly grew in popularity, and he became friends with many other gamers in the YouTube community. He is also one of the hosts of the All Gen Gamers Podcast which is a bimonthly podcast for people and video games of all generations. Some of John's other hobbies includes collecting Star Wars memorabilia (YouTube channel Starwarsnut77), playing classic arcade games (YouTube channel Gamester81Arcade), watching sports, and listening to music. John is a big fan of the 80's and 90's and in 2009 started a YouTube channel called NEStalgiaholic where he talks about nostalgic items and memories from his childhood. To see some of John's video's in 3D visit his YouTube channel Gamester81in3D. Favorite Systems: Colecovision, Commodore 64, NES, & SNES. Favorite Games: Donkey Kong Arcade, Atari Star Wars Arcade, Super Mario 3, Final Fantasy II, & Goldeneye 007